. Electric railway journal . accompanying car flow charts show the presentand proposed routing. The plan contemplates nochanges on State Street or Wabash Avenue. On theother streets it requires the addition of special track-work only for four quadrants at four different streetintersections. The number of straight intersectional movementswould be reduced from 7,518 to 7,187 during the maxi-mum hour, or an average reduction of 331 per simple right-hand turns would be increased from1,200 to 1,340 per hour, while the left-hand turns wouldbe decreased from 1,120 to 855. Other benefits deri
. Electric railway journal . accompanying car flow charts show the presentand proposed routing. The plan contemplates nochanges on State Street or Wabash Avenue. On theother streets it requires the addition of special track-work only for four quadrants at four different streetintersections. The number of straight intersectional movementswould be reduced from 7,518 to 7,187 during the maxi-mum hour, or an average reduction of 331 per simple right-hand turns would be increased from1,200 to 1,340 per hour, while the left-hand turns wouldbe decreased from 1,120 to 855. Other benefits derivedinclude the removal of curve movements from Washing-ton Street between Franklin and State Streets, a veryheavy traffic section; the removal of one-half the carsfrom the eastbound track on Van Buren Street, nowbadly congested; provision of good car service betweenthe Union Station and the Loop hotels, where none isnow given; greater utilization of the eastbound Madi-son Street track, now but little used, and release of the. Cab Flow Chart in Downtown District, Chicago.,Under Proposed Routing stub terminal at Adams and State Streets for the ex-clusive use of the Harrison Street line. The principal advantages claimed for this plan maybe briefly summarized as follows: 1. A more even distribution of the cars in the Loopdistrict will be obtained. 2. There will be no radical changes in the presentLoop routing, the proposed loops conforming to thepresent routing as far as practicable. 3. The interlocking features of the present loops willbe minimized. 4. Greater segregation of the routes should prevent confusion and facilitate loading. i>fid Imooez 9riJ moii pr£« 29 siq 99 ft u j .=».9.: <j November 26, 1921 Electric Railway Journal 939 5. A reduction in car traffic through the heaviest in-tersections will be obtained. 6. The car traffic will be more evenly balanced on thetwo sides of the street. 7. The total number of turns required in the Loopdistrict will be decr
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